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• Methodological Document for the Establishment of a National Catalogue and Pavement Design Guide - Technical Report

  

  Following the critical review carried out by a joint PIARC/AGEPAR working group, of the 1984 edition of the Practical Guide to Pavement Design for Tropical Countries, produced by CEBTP, PIARC and AGEPAR approved the extension of this work by producing a methodological document for road administrations [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R40EN
• General Concept and Requirements for Asset Management Training Courses - Technical Report

  

  During PIARC work cycle of 2011-2015, the comprehensive Asset Management Manual was developed and presented as a draft version at the 25th World Road Congress 2015 in Seoul, Korea. The first full on-line version of the manual was made available in 2017. Asset Management Manual is available on the PIARC [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 64
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R38EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-583-6
• Green Paving Solutions and Sustainable Pavement Materials - Technical Report

  

  This report summarizes the current state-of-the practice for sustainable pavement techniques and the incentives used to encourage their use. Green paving solutions were identified in addition to identification of barriers to their wider implementation. Information contained in this report is based on [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 58
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R32EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-567-6
• Reducing the Life Cycle Carbon Footprint of Pavements - Technical Report

  

  This report reviews innovations reported to reduce the carbon footprint of pavements and contains a critical review of the assessment of carbon footprint of pavements. There are numerous other environmental indicators for road pavements, but these were outside the scope of this report which focuses [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 64
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R33EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-568-3
• Innovative Approaches to Asset Management - Technical Report

  

  “Asset Management” as defined in ISO standards 55000, aims to enable an organization to obtain value from assets. They offer a structured approach to asset management by focusing on implementation of “risk-based, information-driven, planning and decision-making processes and activities that transform [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 102
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R19EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-541-6
• Evaluation of organizational approaches to risk - Technical Report

  

  Organizational or Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is the formal and systematic effort to control uncertainty and variability to an organization's strategic objectives by managing risks at all organizational levels (enterprise, program, project, and activity). Enterprise risk management is an approach [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 61
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R16EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-535-5
• Project risk catalogue - Technical Report

  

  During the PIARC work program for TC A.3 Risk Management 2016-2019, a general, extensive PROJECT RISK CATALOGUE was prepared by WG2 members. To arrive at this catalogue, the working group conducted an effort that involved the documentation of their collective experiences, an extensive literature search, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 52
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R17EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-536-2
• State of the Art in Monitoring Road Condition and Road / Vehicle Interaction - Technical Report

  

  This report is a follow-up on the report "State of the art in monitoring road condition" which was finalised in 2015 (PIARC reference 2016R17EN). The 2015 report summarises the then current state of the art regarding the collection of road condition and road/vehicle interaction data, providing an overview [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 73
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R14EN
  • ISBN : 978-84060-530-0
• Disaster Information Management for Road Administrators - Technical Report

  

  Countries that experience disasters acquire unique disaster management knowledge and develop tailored countermeasure technologies based on their experiences. As societies diversify, damage caused by disasters changes as society changes. Therefore, the type of technology necessary to manage disasters [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 85
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R09EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-516-4
• Contribution to the improvement of the general guidelines for the development, construction / reconstruction, rehabilitation and maintenance of the Trans-African Highway network - (Annex II) (only in French) - Technical Report

  

  This report is a review, for the purpose of improvement, of Annex II entitled "General Guidelines for the Planning, Construction/Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Maintenance of the Transfrician Highway Network" of the African Union Intergovernmental Agreement for the Harmonization of Norms and Standards [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R06EN
• Review of the Practical Guide to Pavement Design for Tropical Countries (in French only) - Technical Report

  

  The Practical Guide to Pavement Design for Tropical Countries, published in 1984 by CEBTP, is still a document to which reference is often made in French-speaking African countries. Over the past thirty-five years, major developments have taken place in the pavement sector, particularly in the formulation [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R01EN
• Management of road assets: Balancing of environmental and engineering aspects in management of road networks

  

  The objective of Working Group 3 (WG3) of The World Road Association (PIARC) Technical Committee (TC) 4.1 was to establish a global perspective on how environmental aspects are considered and addressed in the road asset management process compared with traditional engineering oriented road asset management. [...]

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 58
  • PIARC Ref. : 2017R05EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-455-6
• Risk Management for Emergency Situations

  

  Road transport is critical to the economic vitality of a country. An effective management of emergency situations for combined and large hazards that may disrupt road operation requires cooperation and coordination among several parties of the road and non-road sector including government agencies, [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 77
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R26EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-424-2
• Preserve your Country's roads to Drive Development

  

  The economy of every country has a strong relationship with its road network. A well preserved network will attract investment and make growth happen. It will also help meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals by improving accessibility and mobility to schools, health facilities and markets. It will [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 46
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R07EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-385-6
• Expected service life of wearing courses

  

  As part of its 2012 to 2015 strategic plan the World Road Association (PIARC) determined the need to identify and review approaches taken in assessing the service life of wearing courses. This report reviews the different approaches taken by road authorities to determine the service life of wearing [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 20
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R18EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-403-7
• Methodologies and tools for risk assessment and management applied to road operations

  

  This report deals with methodologies and tools for risk assessment and management applied to road operations including managing risks in relation to the climate change. Chapter 1 of this report starts with a classification of methodologies for risk management of road infrastructure. Particular attention [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 54
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R12EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-394-8
• Role of risk-assessment in policy development and decision-making

  

  In the context of its 2012 - 2015 work program, PIARC has identified the Role of risk assessment in policy development and decision-making as one of its key issue under the theme TC 1.5 Risk management. This report thus provides a portrait of both the present penetration of risk management policies [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 54
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R09EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-388-7
• State of the art in monitoring road condition and road/vehicle interaction

  

  This report summarises the current state of the art regarding the collection of road condition and road/vehicle interaction data, providing an overview of current practice and emerging technologies. Technologies in the development and experimental stages are generally not discussed. The document is [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 77
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R17EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-402-0
• Assessment of budgetary needs and optimisation of maintenance strategies for multiple assets of road network

  

  Good road infrastructure is a fundamental basis on which to build a strong economy and society. As the ability to conduct proper maintenance is largely influenced by the available budget, budget definition is an important starting point in realising the overall goal. Based on a comprehensive investigation [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 44
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R04EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-378-8
• Risk-based management of the bridge stock

  

  In the past, the Technical Committee 4.3 Road bridges reviewed the bridge management systems implemented in several countries and advised a revision of the management of bridges based on risks (Management of bridge stock 2011 - report ISBN 2-84060-238-5). This report aims to provide some answers with [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 39
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R05EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-381-8
• Estimation of load carrying capacity of bridges based on damage and deficiency

  

  Based on the answers from 18 road authorities in 16 countries this report examines the extent to which an estimation of the load bearing capacity of road bridges is made based on damage and deficiency. The report firstly examines the Codes/Directives/Manuals used for the estimation of the load carrying [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 156
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-366-5
• Security of road infrastructure

  

  This paper is addressing threats directed to the infrastructure. A correct understanding and a suitable handling of the security of road infrastructure is not only important to safeguard the infrastructure itself, but is also relevant to cover the protection of the social and economic values, the protection [...]

  • Date : 2015
  • Pages : 19
  • PIARC Ref. : 2015R01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-357-3
• The importance of road maintenance

  

  Road infrastructure provides a fundamental foundation to the performance of all national economies, delivering a wide range of economic and social benefits. Adequately maintaining road infrastructure is essential to preserve and enhance those benefits. The importance of maintenance needs to be recognised [...]

  • Date : 2014
  • Pages : 32
  • PIARC Ref. : 2014R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-349-8
• Risks associated with natural disasters, climate change, man-made disasters and security threats

  

  This report presents: the methodological approach developed in the United States CAPTA (Costing Asset Protection: An All Hazards Guide for Transportation Agencies) for evaluating risks associated with all hazards; a set of practical techniques, developed in Japan,for managing risks associated [...]

  • Date : 2013
  • Pages : 252
  • PIARC Ref. : 2013R12EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-333-7
• Monitoring of innovation in road pavements

  

  This report examines road administrations and agencies policies for fostering, assessing and implementing innovation in road design and construction. From an international survey, eight types of innovation policies were identified: adaptation of existing specifications; agency led innovation, special [...]

  • Date : 2013
  • Pages : 81
  • PIARC Ref. : 2013R09EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-325-2